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Joseph Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Joseph Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$5k
Granted FY2024still arriving
35
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$500
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$3kHuman Services$2kEnvironment$1kHealth$850Education$775Food & Nutrition$600Civil Rights$400Animals$352Other$0
02FY2024 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100
Median grant
8
States reached
$24k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAMILY SCHOLAR HOUSE$500
BERNHEIM ARBORETUM & RESEARCH FOREST$500
JEWISH COMMUNITY OF LOUISVILLE$297
JEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICE$250
CAMP NEBAGAMON SCHOLARSHIP FUND$250
CENTER FOR WOMEN & FAMILIES$250
SHELBY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$250
US HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM$200
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KY$200
LOUISVILLE PUBLIC MEDIA$180
FRAZIER INTERNATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM$106
FRIENDS OF THE SMITHSONIAN$100
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FED OF AMERICA$100
JEWISHGEN$100
HOSPARUS$100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICE: $250 → 14%JEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICE: $50 → 14%HOSPARUS: $100 → 15%HOSPARUS: $100 → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WI
NY
IN
CO
KY
DC
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9k · 31 repeat orgs$1k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +5% since the first grant, against -10% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
6

Total granted

$9k
$835

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
-10%

Still filing today

65%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $210 went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsEnvironmentHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • IW
    ISAAC W BERNHEIM FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $1k · revenue +0%
  • DT
    DARE TO CARE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $600 · revenue +30%
  • TU
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    2× · 2023–2024 · $400 · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • TF
    THE FILSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $500 · revenue -34%
  • AT
    ACTORS THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $110 · revenue -9%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF IN & KY
    one grant, 2023 · $100
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
2
The Kentucky Science Center Inc

Our mission is to inspire curiosity and empower individuals to explore and experiment with science in all its forms. we embrace a "do science" philosophy: play, tinker, collaborate, test, experiment, learn from mistakes, and try again.…

Arts & Culture
3
Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.

Arts & Culture
4
Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Inc

To improve the quality of life for all kentuckians through research, education and advocacy on important policy issues facing the commonwealth.

Public Benefit
5
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust

The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. see schedule o for additional information.

Arts & Culture
6
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
7
Louisville Academy of Music

The louisville academy of music welcomes everyone to join our musical community. lam nurtures lifelong learners, not solely as musicians but also as creative, inspired people. equity in music education is a force to realize potential,…

Arts & Culture
8
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
9
Mint Museum of Art Inc

The mint museum welcomes all to be inspired and transformed through the power of art and creativity.

Arts & Culture
10
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
11
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc

The organization's mission is to create extraordinary learning experiences across the arts, sciences and humanities that have the power to transform the lives of children and families. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
12
Webster University

Founded in 1915, webster is a private non-profit and global university that is committed to delivering high-quality learning experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Whas Crusade for Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Geographic Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 41 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
16/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SHELBY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $500 · OtherSHELBY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETYCAMP NEBAGAMON SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $500 · OtherCAMP NEBAGAMON SCHOLARSHIP FUNDAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KY: $400 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KYLOUISVILLE ZOO: $352 · OtherLOUISVILLE ZOOELLIS ISLAND FOUNDATION: $200 · OtherJEWISH GEN INC: $200 · OtherFRAZIER INTERNATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM: $156 · OtherKET: $150 · OtherKENTUCKY TO THE WORLD INC: $200 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY OF LOUISVILLE INC: $297 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY OF LOUISVILLE INCMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $200 · Other+16 more: $1,232 · Other+16 moreThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $400 · Arts & CultureThe United State…KENTUCKY PUBLIC RADIO INC: $360 · Arts & CultureKENTUCKY PUBLIC …FUND FOR THE ARTS INC: $200 · Arts & CultureFUND FOR THE ART…SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $200 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INST…KMAC MUSEUM: $200 · Arts & CultureKMAC MUSEUMACTORS THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE INC: $110 · Arts & CultureACTORS THEATRE O…ISAAC W BERNHEIM FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EnvironmentISAAC W BER…FAMILY SCHOLAR HOUSE INC: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY SCHO…THE CENTER FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES INC: $500 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER …JEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES INC: $300 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMI…HOSPARUS INC HOSPARUS HEALTH: $200 · Human ServicesHOSPARUS IN…DARE TO CARE INC: $600 · Food & NutritionTHE FILSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $500 · Recreation & SportsROCKY MOUNTAIN CONSERVANCY: $100 · Recreation & Sports
Other$4,387Arts & Culture$1,470Environment$1,000Housing & Shelter$1,000Human Services$1,000Food & Nutrition$600Recreation & Sports$600

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetISAAC W BERNHEIM FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY SCHOLAR HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDARE TO CARE INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FILSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP NEBAGAMON SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKENTUCKY PUBLIC RADIO INC: $360 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY & CAREER SERVICES INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY OF LOUISVILLE INC: $297 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFUND FOR THE ARTS INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPARUS INC HOSPARUS HEALTH: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH GEN INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKMAC MUSEUM: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKENTUCKY TO THE WORLD INC: $200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetACTORS THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE INC: $110 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKOSAIR SHRINERS: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN CONSERVANCY: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WHAS CRUSADE FOR CHILDREN INC: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP NEBAGAMON FOUNDATION: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE LOUISVILLE INC: $50 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Charles L Weisberg Fa…Republic Bank Foundat…Isadore & Rose Goldst…Julia & Isadore Klein…Sociable Weaver Found…Snowy Owl Foundation …The Gheens Foundation…The Community Foundat…The Community Foundat…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Clifton Foundation IncKindred Foundation Inc
Charles L Weisberg Family FoundationKY26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charles L Weisberg Family Foundation · Republic Bank Foundation Inc · Isadore & Rose Goldstein Family Foundation Inc · Julia & Isadore Klein Family Foundation Inc · Sociable Weaver Foundation Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Clifton Foundation Inc · Kindred Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Joseph Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 41 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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